This week's blog post will be two weeks in one. It has been a very busy, but exciting time in so many areas of our ministry, life, seasons, etc. We have loved getting to be in MO this year and getting to enjoy the early snow falls. The kids are a little baffled as to why they still have to go to school when there is snow on the ground....we aren't in Kansas, I mean Memphis anymore Todo. We were able to share a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast with our Hispanic members and ministry staff at West End after Services a couple Sundays ago. It was so fun watching them eat a traditional American meal complete with turkey and dressing, all the fixings and a pumpkin pie! They commented that they did not know how to prepare pies or a turkey for that matter, and even the dressing was something new to their taste buds. So much fun! We were so thankful to get to know them a little better this week, to have some English speaking families join us for lunch to meet them, and to share our delicious food. We had invited a few other families to our meal, but they did not attend. Maybe one day... The snow was so beautiful! We had around 12" of powder perfect snowman building snow. The kids were overjoyed with their snowball fights, and it wasn't too cold outside to play in it. Memories were made for sure. Even Elias got in on the action and built his first snowman ever! This snow has slowed our door knocking program down just a schmidge, but we were able to contact 5-6 new families this week at our yearly Give Away Day at West End. This event was so well planned and organized with a ton of wonderful helpers doing so many things to make it run so smoothly. Gently used donations were accepted, they were all organized and folded, food boxes were prepared, money was donated for Schnucks gift cards, toys and baby items (diapers, wipes, baby food etc.), and invitations were given to local schools in the area to hand out to needy families. We were so excited to see around 55 families walk through our door Saturday morning (5 or so of those being Spanish speaking). They all left with bags full of clothes, shoes, toys, books, food, and lots of love. We are so thankful for all the hard work and effort the congregation at West End put into making this event such a success.
On a sad note, our lovely Aura has moved back to New York to be with her other daughter for a few months. We were sad to see her go, but we are thankful to have gotten to know her and hope to see her again soon. We are so excited to let you know that the ENTIRE family of one of our members came on Sunday. Their 19 year old son who hasn't been able to attend services yet all these months decided to come and worship with us. Our hearts were bursting when we saw him walk through those doors. We felt like we knew him already, although we had never met him in person. I am certain his parents were just as overjoyed to have their entire family in services together. God has been working through so many people to help this ministry be a success, and we see all your efforts and are so grateful for them. Thank you to everyone. May God bless you this Holiday season and we will be checking back in in a couple of weeks.
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AuthorElias and Kristi Roque have been married for 9 years and during this time have planted/grown 4 congregations. They have 4 boys 7 and under working alongside them. Archives
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